Improved buckle



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WOODS, BENJAMIN F. WOODS, AND JAMES L WOODS. Letters .Patent No. 72,255, dated December 17, 1867. I

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Be it known that I, E. L. WOODS, of Alliance, in the county of Stark, and in the State of Ohio, Ahave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buekles; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which-w Figure 1 is a top view of the invention. l

'Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the middle of the same. The nature of my invention consists in forming abuekle of two pieces, out of stamped metal, as hereinafter more fully described. l

To enable others skilled in theart'to mak-e and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

AIn the construction of my invention, I make my buckle of stamped metal, or I may use, for a cheap buckle,

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In g. 1,A is the trace, to which the body of the buckle is firmly attached by means of rivets, or in any other secure and convenient manner. B B, the body of the buckle, which is composed of a plate the width of the trace to be used, and which is turned up at right angles about double the thickness of the trace to which it is attached. To theseedges are attached two strips, which act as slides or clasps, by means of rivets, a, ywhich hold them firmly to the plate or main body of the buckle, and of which ,they form a part, and` leaving a space suicient for another strap or endof the' trace to passunder. On the front one of these slides is a turned-up edge, as seen at'a, iig. l, to give a greater degree of strength .to the buckle when it'is in use, as will hereafter be more fully described. C, the additional thong or partrof the trace, to allow for regulating the length of the same, as may be required, and which has holes punched through it, for the purposes of its adjustment. This thong is passed under these slides or clasps B B, and fits closely down on the main portion of the trace A, and is allowed to slide back and forth within the buckle. Dis another-portion of the buckle, about half the length of the portion B, made of a plate of metal of aboutan inch in width, with the side turned down at right angles with the plate, these sides projecting beyond the said plate about half an inch. These ends are firmly fastened to the` sides of the body of the buckle B by the means o f pivots b b,.and on which it can be made to turn, as seen in red lines in iig. 2. To this plate is attached the tongue-'of thehuckle, d, seen in iig. 2, und which passes through the holes in the thong O, as seen inflig. 2, nt'd.

In the operation of my invention, having constructed it as described, und fastened it to the end ofthe trace A, the thong C is slipped underthe slides or clasps BIB, and'thc tongued, with plate D, is elevated far enough to let the thong pass under it, until it gets to the desired point. When the plate D, with the tongue d, is pressed down, the tongue passing through one of the holes in the thong C, as seen in fig. 2, and the plate presses close down ou tothe thong C, as also seen in tig. 2, fitting close down under and against the slide a, (same iigure,) so that when the draught is appliedto the trace, and the thong C is caused te press heavily on the tongue ofthe buckle d, the plat-e D will also press against Athe slide a, `thus giving greater strength to the buckle, as the whole strain on the buckle'will bedistributed between the slide or clip a and the pivots b I), thus dividing the strain on the buckle at those various points.

It will be seen that one great advantage of my buckle is the ease with which it canbeundone. To do so,

it is only necessary to take hold offthe two parts A and C of the trace, and push the thong C forward against the tongle d, and it being inclined to a point on the side thus pressed, it will rise up, and be relieved from its hold, and allow the thong to be moved to the required hole. By my invention, I am enabled to make a cheap and easily adjusted and eiiicient buckle.

Haviug'thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The'plate and clips B B, projection a, iu combination with hinge-holder D and tongue cl, constructed substantially as described, and operating asset forth. I

In testimony that I claim the above-described cert-ain new and useful improvements in harnessbuckles,,

I have hereunto signed m-y name, this 15th day of July, 1867.

E. L. WOODS.

` Witnesses:

SAMUEL ARNOLD, JOSEPH Beamer.' 

